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China’s Appetite for Smuggled Fish Bladders is Killing Cute Porpoises in Mexico

Tao Tao Holmes January 25, 2016

Tangshan, China

Da Shuhua

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

Visitors dwarfed by the huge Mao.

Fleeting Wonders: Chinese Farmers Build Enormous, Golden Mao

Cara Giaimo January 5, 2016

Kaiping Diaolou

The Lovely Chinese Watchtowers Built with Proceeds from the California Gold Rush

Veronique Greenwood December 7, 2015

One of the ancient city's main avenues

Tulufan Diqu, China

Jiaohe Ruins

The ancient remains of this natural fortress can still be found along the Silk Road looking surprisingly preserved.

Ambassadors Hall Dolmabahçe

China Cloned A Famous Turkish Carpet–and The Name of The Town it Came From

Tao Tao Holmes November 17, 2015

The Bund, Shanghai, 1928.

crime and punishment

Until WWII, Americans in China Had Their Own Special Expat Courts

Bill Lascher November 11, 2015

An online shop storage and transportation center in China.

How China Revamped National Singles' Day into The World's Biggest Consumer Holiday

Tao Tao Holmes November 10, 2015

In China, Gay Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman

Tao Tao Holmes October 19, 2015

The World Wingsuit Grand Prix Will Determine Who Is The Greatest Human Bird

Tao Tao Holmes October 14, 2015

China's Classroom Maps Put the Middle Kingdom at the Center of the World

Tao Tao Holmes October 12, 2015

april 2013 (xi: 1953, kerry: 1943)

Why Must China's Bigwigs All Dye?

Tao Tao Holmes October 5, 2015

Perhaps this boy is headed to church?

Secret Missionaries and Smuggled Bibles: China's Religious Boom

Tao Tao Holmes September 21, 2015

Beijing's Olympic Park is Now Full of Tiny, Technicolor Food Stalls

Anika Burgess August 5, 2015

Tianducheng

Hangzhou, China

Tianducheng

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.